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UK-Maidstone: firefighting equipment

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   MAIDSTONE
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:323169-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 21, 2009
Deadline:   Jan 8, 2010
Buyer:   KENT & MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AUTHORITY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   KENT & MEDWAY TOWNS FIRE AUTHORITY
MAIDSTONE
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 225/2009, #323169-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Kent & Medway Towns Fire
Authority, The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Kent, UK-Maidstone ME15
6XB.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Maidstone: personal protective equipment for firefighters and
associated services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority (KMTFA),
acting as a central purchasing body, intends to conclude a framework
agreement which will entitle KMTFA and others each to award a specific
contract (a "call-off contract) based on the framework agreement for their
own geographical area. Accordingly those entitled, but not obligated, to
award a call-off contract include KMTFA, Bedfordshire & Luton, Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, East Sussex, Essex,
Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Suffolk,
Surrey, West Sussex and other Fire and Rescue Authorities, Fire Training
Schools, Airport Services and other Emergency Services within the United
Kingdom.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in months: 48.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 37 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The provision
of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Firefighters and Associated
Services.
The call-off contracts will require:
(i) the hire of Personal Protective Equipment for Firefighters from the
Contractor on a "managed service" basis
(ii) the purchase of Personal Protective Equipment for Firefighters on a
"purchase only" basis
(iii) the provision by the Contractor of "laundry care" services for
Firefighters.
The Contractor must be able to provide all of these requirements. The term
of the framework agreement will be 4 years. The term of the call-off
contracts is expected to be approximately 7 or 8 years in line with custom
and practice in the industry and reflecting the expected lifespan for
Firefighters' Personal Protective Equipment and to ensure effective
competition because a shorter term would not be sufficient to provide a
return on investment.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 35111000, 35113400,
18100000.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where
he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation
arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
Y10125.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
8.1.2010 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please note that the deadline for receipt
of tenders is noon on 8.1.2010. To express your interest in this Framework
please go to www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk Select "Opportunities"
from the left hand menu. Choose Sub Region "Kent" - Select Council to View
"Kent Fire & Rescue Service" - select "Personal Protective Equipment for
Firefighters and Associated Services" from the list presented. You will
need to register as a supplier if you have not already done so. This is a
free site used by 74 local Councils to advertise opportunities.
GO reference: GO 09111927/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 19.11.2009.
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